Best Actor winners: 1927/28 to 1999*
1999 (72nd) Kevin Spacey - AMERICAN BEAUTY
1998 (71st) Roberto Benigni - LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL
1997 (70th) Jack Nicholson - AS GOOD AS IT GETS
1996 (69th) Geoffrey Rush - SHINE
1995 (68th) Nicolas Cage - LEAVING LAS VEGAS
1994 (67th) Tom Hanks - FORREST GUMP
1993 (66th) Tom Hanks - PHILADELPHIA
1992 (65th) Al Pacino - SCENT OF A WOMAN (1992)
1991 (64th) Anthony Hopkins - THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
1990 (63rd) Jeremy Irons - REVERSAL OF FORTUNE
1989 (62nd) Daniel Day-Lewis - MY LEFT FOOT
1988 (61st) Dustin Hoffman - RAIN MAN
1987 (60th) Michael Douglas - WALL STREET
1986 (59th) Paul Newman - THE COLOR OF MONEY
1985 (58th) William Hurt - KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
1984 (57th) F. Murray Abraham - AMADEUS
1983 (56th) Robert Duvall - TENDER MERCIES
1982 (55th) Ben Kingsley - GANDHI
1981 (54th) Henry Fonda - ON GOLDEN POND
1980 (53rd) Robert De Niro - RAGING BULL
1979 (52nd) Dustin Hoffman - KRAMER VS. KRAMER
1978 (51st) Jon Voight - COMING HOME
1977 (50th) Richard Dreyfuss - THE GOODBYE GIRL
1976 (49th) Peter Finch - NETWORK
1975 (48th) Jack Nicholson - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1974 (47th) Art Carney - HARRY AND TONTO
1973 (46th) Jack Lemmon - SAVE THE TIGER
1972 (45th) Marlon Brando - THE GODFATHER
1971 (44th) Gene Hackman - THE FRENCH CONNECTION
1970 (43rd) George C. Scott - PATTON
1969 (42nd) John Wayne - TRUE GRIT
1968 (41st) Cliff Robertson - CHARLY
1967 (40th) Rod Steiger - IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
1966 (39th) Paul Scofield - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
1965 (38th) Lee Marvin - CAT BALLOU
1964 (37th) Rex Harrison - MY FAIR LADY
1963 (36th) Sidney Poitier - LILIES OF THE FIELD
1962 (35th) Gregory Peck - TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
1961 (34th) Maximilian Schell - JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
1960 (33rd) Burt Lancaster - ELMER GANTRY
1959 (32nd) Charlton Heston - BEN-HUR
1958 (31st) David Niven - SEPARATE TABLES
1957 (30th) Alec Guinness - THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
1956 (29th) Yul Brynner - THE KING AND I
1955 (28th) Ernest Borgnine - MARTY
1954 (27th) Marlon Brando - ON THE WATERFRONT
1953 (26th) William Holden - STALAG 17
1952 (25th) Gary Cooper - HIGH NOON
1951 (24th) Humphrey Bogart - THE AFRICAN QUEEN
1950 (23rd) Jos‚ Ferrer - CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1950)
1949 (22nd) Broderick Crawford - ALL THE KING'S MEN
1948 (21st) Laurence Olivier - HAMLET (1948)
1947 (20th) Ronald Colman - A DOUBLE LIFE
1946 (19th) Fredric March - THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
1945 (18th) Ray Milland - THE LOST WEEKEND
1944 (17th) Bing Crosby - GOING MY WAY
1943 (16th) Paul Lukas - WATCH ON THE RHINE
1942 (15th) James Cagney - YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
1941 (14th) Gary Cooper - SERGEANT YORK
1940 (13th) James Stewart - THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
1939 (12th) Robert Donat - GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1939)
1938 (11th) Spencer Tracy - BOYS TOWN
1937 (10th) Spencer Tracy - CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
1936 (9th) Paul Muni - THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
1935 (8th) Victor McLaglen - THE INFORMER
1934 (7th) Clark Gable - IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
1932/33 (6th) Charles Laughton - THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII
1931/32 (5th) Wallace Beery - THE CHAMP (1931/32)
Fredric March - DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1931/32)
1930/31 (4th) Lionel Barrymore - A FREE SOUL
1929/30 (3rd) George Arliss - DISRAELI
1928/29 (2nd) Warner Baxter - IN OLD ARIZONA
1927/28 (1st) Emil Jannings - THE LAST COMMAND
Emil Jannings - THE WAY OF ALL FLESH
Information on Academy Award winners as listed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.